Article by 404 Media: The mod repository Nexus Mods removed a mod that allowed bigots to circumvent pronoun selection in the character creator of “Starfield”. The bigots then pretended to be very outraged.

  • LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    This isn’t a perfect lineup, but imagine a mod that just removes black people from the game. Making your own addition to the game and all the people are white? That’s fine. But going out of your way to remove identities is inherently bigoted. If it’s really just a menu prompt, why don’t they just say he/him pronouns and play the game?

    • Sotuanduso@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I think the equivalent there would be removing the option to be black from the character creator. Or maybe if it were like a Skyrim mod that prevents you from playing a dark-skinned Nord or light-skinned Redguard, since you could still choose between the two genders, it’s just tied to the body.

      If they were going and changing pronouns of NPCs, that would line up, but the mod is (presumably) only affecting the player character.

      I agree it’s silly for a mod to do that (unless the prompt is more in-your-face or hard to go through than I assume it is,) I just don’t see how the mod is bigoted, unless we’re assuming malicious intent behind posting it.

      • LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        You don’t make or install a mod like this unless pronouns bother you. Like why would you choose to take being black out of character selection? Why not just select a white character?